At 64, when many professionals are thinking about slowing down after retirement, one former Uttar Pradesh government official is reportedly preparing for another classroom.

According to a social-media post shared by his son, Shashank Srivastava, the man completed his MTech in July 2026 and finished among the top 10 students in his class despite continuing to work and travelling extensively for his job. His next academic target is IIM Lucknow, where he is reportedly applying for an Executive Education programme. The account has drawn attention online as a motivating story about continuing education later in life. But there is an important caveat: the details come primarily from Shashank's X post, and Hindustan Times says it has not independently verified them.

IIM Lucknow Is His Next Learning Goal

Finishing an MTech has apparently not ended the 64-year-old's learning goals. According to Shashank, his father is now filling out application forms for an Executive Education programme at IIM Lucknow. Moneycontrol similarly reports that he is applying for such a programme. There is no confirmation yet that he has secured admission. The reports also do not identify the exact Executive Education course he is targeting, so it would be premature to describe him as an incoming IIM Lucknow student. For now, it is another goal on a list that apparently did not end with retirement.

64-Year-Old MTech Graduate Finished Among Top 10

Shashank's post says his father completed his MTech in July at the age of 64. “My dad completed his MTech last month. At 64. Top 10 in a class where the average student is half his age,” he wrote, according to Hindustan Times. Moneycontrol also reports that the 64-year-old MTech graduate secured a place among the top 10 students in his class. The reports do not name the institution where he studied, his MTech specialisation or his precise class rank. So “top-10 finisher” is more accurate than calling him a topper. The comparison with his younger classmates also comes from his son's account rather than university records.

He Returned to Work After Retiring in 2022

The academic achievement becomes more striking in the context Shashank provided about his father's professional life. He reportedly retired from government service in 2022 but later returned to work as Deputy CEO of a regulatory body overseeing municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh. His role involves visiting districts and assessing work on the ground.

According to Shashank, those responsibilities require close to 1,000 km of road travel every week. Again, that figure should remain attributed to the family's account because no employer records confirming the travel schedule have been cited in the reports. Still, it forms a central part of why the post resonated: the degree was reportedly completed alongside an active professional schedule rather than during an entirely work-free retirement.

His Notes Were Made Between Work Trips

Instead of describing travel as the reason he could not study, Shashank said his father fitted preparation around it. He reportedly made notes during the gaps between journeys, studied them and used the available time to prepare for examinations.

Moneycontrol similarly reports that he prepared notes, revised lessons and studied around his work trips. There is no evidence, however, that he rejected textbooks or conventional study resources. The reports establish only that he made and studied his own notes. For people juggling jobs with higher education, that is perhaps the more useful part of this motivating story: progress did not depend on finding large blocks of free time.

What Is Confirmed—and What Is Not 

What is consistently reported is the family's account that he: completed an MTech at 64, finished among his class's top 10, retired from government service in 2022, returned to professional work, travels extensively for that role and is now applying to IIM Lucknow.

What remains unconfirmed publicly includes his name, MTech institution and specialisation, exact academic rank, name of his present regulatory body and specific IIM programme.

Those gaps do not undermine the motivating story, but they matter journalistically. For now, the most accurate version is also the simplest: at 64, a working professional reportedly finished an advanced engineering degree among the top 10 in his class—and instead of calling his education complete, he started filling out another application.